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Updated May 2026 · ClinicalTrials.gov

RECRUITINGPhase 2INTERVENTIONAL

Phase II Trial of Tunlametinib in NRAS-Mutant Advanced Thyroid Cancer

A Prospective, Single-Arm, Open-Label, Single-Center Phase II Exploratory Clinical Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Tunlametinib in Subjects With NRAS-Mutant Locally Advanced or Metastatic Thyroid Cancer

Phase II Trial of Tunlametinib in NRAS-Mutant Advanced Thyroid Cancer (NCT06970353) is a Phase 2 interventional studying Radioactive Iodine-refractory, Differentiated Thyroid Cancer With NRAS Mutation and Advanced PDTC or ATC With NRAS Mutation, sponsored by Fudan University. RECRUITING as of the most recent ClinicalTrials.gov update. Talk to your doctor before contacting the trial site.

Important: This information is not medical advice. Talk to your doctor about whether a clinical trial is right for you.

About This Trial

This phase II trial evaluates Tunlametinib (MEK inhibitor) ± PD-1 in NRAS-mutant advanced thyroid cancer. Key Objectives: Assess efficacy (ORR by RECIST v1.1) Evaluate safety profiles Study Design: Single-arm, single-center 4 cohorts based on: * Histology (differentiated vs. poorly/undifferentiated) * Prior therapy status Treatment: * Cohorts 1-2: Tunlametinib monotherapy (12mg BID) * Cohorts 3-4: Tunlametinib + PD-1 (commercially available) Key Procedures: Screening: NRAS testing + full staging (CT/MRI/PET) Monitoring: q3-week labs, q9-week imaging Follow-up: 30-day safety visit + q3-month survival tracking Endpoints: Primary: ORR Secondary: Safety (CTCAE), PFS, DoR Unique Aspects: First study targeting NRAS in thyroid cancer with MEK+PD-1 Includes rare aggressive subtypes (poorly/undifferentiated)

What Stage of Research Is This?

Phase 2 trials evaluate whether a treatment actually works against Radioactive Iodine-refractory, Differentiated Thyroid Cancer With NRAS Mutation and continue monitoring side effects. Phase 2 enrolls larger groups (typically 100–300 patients) and produces the first real efficacy signal. A successful Phase 2 readout is what unlocks the much larger Phase 3 confirmatory trials needed for FDA approval.

This trial is currently recruiting participants. The sponsor has registered the study with ClinicalTrials.gov as actively enrolling, which means new applicants who meet the eligibility criteria can be considered for screening. Trial status can change between updates — confirm current recruiting status with the study contact before traveling for a screening visit.

With a target enrollment of 40 participants, this is a small study — typical of early-phase research, rare-disease trials, or pilot studies designed to generate preliminary signal before a larger study is launched.

Who May Be Eligible (Plain English)

Who May Qualify: 1. Patients voluntarily join this study and sign an willing to sign a consent form form; 2. Age: ≥ 18 years old, male or female not limited; 3. For locally advanced or recurrent/metastatic thyroid cancer diagnosed by histology and unable to undergo curative surgery, one of the following requirements must be met: 1. Iodine refractory thyroid cancer; 2. Differentiated thyroid cancer not suitable for iodine therapy; 3. High grade, poorly differentiated or poorly differentiated thyroid cancer; 4. Undifferentiated thyroid carcinoma; 4. Have undergone NGS testing (at our hospital or an external hospital), and be able to find that the test report or medical history has recorded a positive result for NRAS mutation in the gene test. 5. ECOG score 0-2 points; According to RECIST v1.1 evaluation, there is at least one assessable lesion; 7\. Expected survival\>12 weeks; 8. The main organ function and bone marrow function are normal. - Blood routine: blood count (hemoglobin) at least 90 g/L (no blood transfusion within 14 days); Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1.5 × 109/L; platelet count ≥ 100 × 109/L; - Liver function: Alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) are ≤ 2.5 times the upper limit of normal (ULN). If there is liver metastasis, ALT and AST are ≤ 5 times ULN, and ALP is ≤ 6 times ULN; Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 × ULN; Albumin ≥ 30 g/L; - Renal function: serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 × ULN or creatinine clearance rate calculated by Cockroft Gault formula\>60 mL/min; - Cardiac function: Echocardiography shows a left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) of ≥ 55%; ECG QTcF ≤ 480ms; Creatine kinase (CK) ≤ 1 × ULN, troponin/hypersensitive troponin ≤ 1 × ULN; ...See full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov Always talk to your doctor about whether this trial is right for you.

These are translations of the protocol\'s inclusion and exclusion criteria, simplified for patients and caregivers. The original clinical text appears below. Eligibility is ultimately confirmed by the trial site\'s screening process — this summary is a starting point for a conversation with your doctor, not a final determination.

Original Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria: 1. Patients voluntarily join this study and sign an informed consent form; 2. Age: ≥ 18 years old, male or female not limited; 3. For locally advanced or recurrent/metastatic thyroid cancer diagnosed by histology and unable to undergo curative surgery, one of the following requirements must be met: 1. Iodine refractory thyroid cancer; 2. Differentiated thyroid cancer not suitable for iodine therapy; 3. High grade, poorly differentiated or poorly differentiated thyroid cancer; 4. Undifferentiated thyroid carcinoma; 4. Have undergone NGS testing (at our hospital or an external hospital), and be able to find that the test report or medical history has recorded a positive result for NRAS mutation in the gene test. 5. ECOG score 0-2 points; According to RECIST v1.1 evaluation, there is at least one assessable lesion; 7\. Expected survival\>12 weeks; 8. The main organ function and bone marrow function are normal. * Blood routine: Hemoglobin ≥ 90 g/L (no blood transfusion within 14 days); Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1.5 × 109/L; platelet count ≥ 100 × 109/L; * Liver function: Alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) are ≤ 2.5 times the upper limit of normal (ULN). If there is liver metastasis, ALT and AST are ≤ 5 times ULN, and ALP is ≤ 6 times ULN; Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 × ULN; Albumin ≥ 30 g/L; * Renal function: serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 × ULN or creatinine clearance rate calculated by Cockroft Gault formula\>60 mL/min; * Cardiac function: Echocardiography shows a left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) of ≥ 55%; ECG QTcF ≤ 480ms; Creatine kinase (CK) ≤ 1 × ULN, troponin/hypersensitive troponin ≤ 1 × ULN; * Coagulation function: International normalized ratio of prothrombin time (INR) ≤ 1.5 × ULN; Activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) ≤ 1.5 × ULN; 9. Women of childbearing age must undergo a pregnancy test (serum or urine) with a negative result within 14 days before enrollment, and voluntarily use appropriate contraception methods during the observation period and within 3 months after the last administration of the study drug; For males, surgical sterilization or consent to use appropriate contraception methods during the observation period and within 3 months after the last administration of the study drug should be used. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Within 4 weeks before the first medication, major surgery (excluding biopsy and outpatient minor surgery, such as placement of vascular access) or severe trauma occurred; 2. There are clinical symptoms of third interstitial fluid accumulation that cannot be controlled by drainage or other methods (such as a large amount of pleural fluid or ascites); 3. Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases with impaired heart function or significant clinical significance, including but not limited to any of the following: Within 6 months prior to the start of treatment, acute coronary syndrome occurred, including acute myocardial infarction, unstable angina, coronary artery bypass grafting, coronary angioplasty, and stent implantation; * Symptomatic congestive heart failure (NYHA classification ≥ II); Evidence of clinically significant arrhythmia and/or conduction abnormalities within 6 months prior to the start of treatment or at present; * Poor control of hypertension (systolic blood pressure ≥ 140 and/or diastolic blood pressure ≥ 90 mmHg under medication control); Abnormal cardiac valve morphology (≥ grade 2) recorded by echocardiography, Note: Patients with grade 1 abnormal valve morphology (such as mild regurgitation/stenosis) are allowed to be enrolled, but patients with moderate valve thickening are prohibited from being enrolled; * History of congenital long QT syndrome; Or those who take drugs known to prolong the QT interval and cannot guarantee discontinuation during the study period; 4. Previous or screening retinal diseases, such as retinal vein occlusion (RVO), retinal artery occlusion, retinal vasculitis, diabetes retinopathy, hypertensive retinopathy, retinal telangiectasia (Costs disease), retinal pigment epithelial detachment (RPED), etc; Risk factors for RVO during screening (such as uncontrolled glaucoma or high intraocular pressure, history of high viscosity or hypercoagulability syndrome); Retinal diseases such as RPED; 5. Patients with interstitial lung disease or interstitial pneumonia, including clinically significant radiation pneumonitis (i.e. affecting daily living activities or requiring intervention treatment); 6. Positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibodies, syphilis antibodies (Anti TP), hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibodies and HCV RNA, hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBsAg) and HBV DNA (HBsAg positivity requires further testing for HBV DNA, HBV DNA ≥ 200 IU/ml, or ≥ 103 copies/ml); 7. History of allogeneic bone marrow transplantation or organ transplantation; 8. There are uncontrollable active infectious diseases (such as intravenous drip of antibiotics, antifungal or antiviral drugs) within 2 weeks before the first administration, or fever of unknown cause\>38.5 ° C occurs during screening/before the first administration; 9. Irreversible electrolyte abnormalities (hypokalemia, hypomagnesemia, hypocalcemia detected by blood biochemistry); 10. Neuromuscular diseases related to CK elevation in the past or present (such as inflammatory myopathy, muscular dystrophy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, spinal muscular atrophy, rhabdomyolysis syndrome); 11. Arterial/venous thrombotic events that occur within 6 months prior to the first use of medication, such as cerebrovascular accidents (including temporary ischemic attacks, cerebral hemorrhage, cerebral infarction), deep vein thrombosis, and pulmonary embolism; 12. Within 4 weeks prior to the first use of medication, the occurrence of Grade 3 bleeding symptoms as defined in the National Cancer Institute's Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (NCI CTCAE v5.0); 13. Patients with a history of other malignant tumors within the past 5 years, except for those who have been completely cured of basal cell carcinoma of the skin, squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, and cervical carcinoma in situ, and/or any malignant tumor patients who have been cured without disease or have had no disease for at least 5 consecutive years; 14. Individuals who are known to be allergic to any component of the investigational drug; 15. Have a clear history of neurological or mental disorders, including epilepsy and dementia; 16. Central nervous system (CNS) metastasis; 17. Prior to drug administration, all relevant anti-tumor treatment toxicity reactions (excluding hair loss, skin pigmentation, grade 1 chemotherapy related peripheral neurotoxicity, grade 2 toxicity caused by immune checkpoint inhibitors such as elevated blood glucose or hypothyroidism) did not recover to ≤ grade 1 levels (as determined by NCI CTCAE v5.0); 18. Uncontrolled concomitant diseases, including but not limited to severe diabetes (fasting blood glucose\>250 mg/dl or 13.9 mmol/L), or other serious diseases requiring systemic treatment; 19. Vaccination with live or attenuated vaccine within 4 weeks prior to the first dose (note: if enrolled, subjects must not receive live vaccine during the study treatment period and within 30 days after the last dose of the study drug); 20. For premenopausal female subjects (postmenopausal female patients must have been menopausal for at least 12 months to be considered infertile), the pregnancy test result is positive; During the study period and at least 30 days after the last administration of the study drug, reproductive age subjects (including male subjects' reproductive age female spouses) who are expected to become pregnant, breastfeed, or unwilling to use effective contraceptive measures; 21. Patients who are known to be allergic to the components of the investigational drug or its analogues; 22. Patients who are receiving intravenous or oral medications that affect CYP isoenzymes (strong inducers and inhibitors of CYP2C9 and CYP3A4) and cannot discontinue the protocol at least one week before starting study treatment and during the study period; I am currently taking drugs with a narrow therapeutic window that are metabolized by CYP1A2; 23. Inability to swallow capsules or intractable nausea and vomiting, malabsorption, extracorporeal bile diversion, or any significant small bowel resection that may hinder the full absorption of the study drug; 24. Other situations that researchers consider unsuitable for inclusion. If accompanied by family or social factors, it may affect the safety of the subjects or the collection of data and samples.

Treatments Being Tested

DRUG

Tunlametinib

Locally advanced or metastatic radioactive iodine refractory NRAS mutant differentiated thyroid cancer

DRUG

Tunlametinib+PD-1 mAb

Locally advanced or metastatic NRAS mutant poor-differentiated, undifferentiated thyroid cancer

Locations (1)

Trial sites listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for this study. Site activation status can vary — confirm with the specific site before traveling for a screening visit.

Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center
Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China

How to Talk to Your Doctor About This Trial

Bring the printable summary of this trial — including the NCT ID (NCT06970353), the sponsor (Fudan University), and the key eligibility criteria — to your next appointment. Your doctor can review the inclusion and exclusion criteria against your medical history, lab values, and current treatments to assess whether you are likely to qualify. They can also help you weigh whether trial participation makes sense alongside your existing care plan.

Useful questions to walk through together: What does the trial protocol require beyond standard care? How long is the active treatment phase, and how long is follow-up? Are there study visits at sites I can reach? Who pays for the trial-specific procedures, and who pays for standard-of-care portions? See our 25 questions to ask about clinical trials guide for a more complete checklist.

Authoritative Sources

The official record for this trial lives on ClinicalTrials.gov — the federal registry maintained by the National Library of Medicine at NIH. For background on how this trial fits into the FDA approval pathway, see the FDA drug approval process. For oncology-specific guidance for patients considering trials, the National Cancer Institute publishes patient-oriented overviews. International trial registries are aggregated by the WHO ICTRP.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the NCT06970353 clinical trial studying?

This phase II trial evaluates Tunlametinib (MEK inhibitor) ± PD-1 in NRAS-mutant advanced thyroid cancer. Key Objectives: Assess efficacy (ORR by RECIST v1.1) Evaluate safety profiles Study Design: Single-arm, single-center 4 cohorts based on: * Histology (differentiated vs. poorly/undifferentiated) * Prior therapy status Treatment: * Cohorts 1-2: Tunlametinib monotherapy (12mg BID) * Cohorts 3-4: Tunlametinib + PD-1 (commercially available) Key Procedures: Screening: NRAS testing + full staging (CT/MRI/PET) Monitoring: q3-week labs, q9-week imaging Follow-up: 30-day safety visit + q3… The full protocol is registered on ClinicalTrials.gov and includes the primary outcome measures, eligibility criteria, and study endpoints.

Who can participate in NCT06970353?

Eligibility for this trial depends on the specific inclusion and exclusion criteria set by the sponsor. The plain-English summary above translates the most important criteria into accessible language; the official clinical text is preserved in the collapsible section underneath. Whether you fit any specific trial is a medical decision your doctor needs to confirm — bring the trial information to your treating physician for a full review against your medical history.

How do I contact the trial site for NCT06970353?

Contact information registered with ClinicalTrials.gov is shown in the sidebar of this page. Before reaching out, confirm with your treating physician that this trial is appropriate for your situation. The trial site will then walk you through the screening process to determine final eligibility.

Is participating in a clinical trial safe?

Clinical trials in the United States are regulated by the FDA and overseen by Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) that review the protocol for safety. Risk varies by trial — Phase 1 studies test new treatments in humans for the first time, while Phase 3 trials use treatments that have already passed earlier safety screening. The informed consent document for any specific trial details the known risks and what to expect. Discuss those risks with your physician before deciding whether to participate.

Where can I verify the data on this page?

Every detail on this page comes directly from the ClinicalTrials.gov API. Click "View on ClinicalTrials.gov" in the sidebar to see the official, unmodified record. The federal record is always authoritative; this page is a structured presentation with a plain-English eligibility translation. For background on how clinical trials are regulated, see the FDA drug approval process documentation.

How This Page Is Built

Every field on this page is pulled directly from the ClinicalTrials.gov API v2 — no estimates, no proxies. The plain-English eligibility translation is generated from the original protocol text and reviewed for fidelity to the underlying clinical criteria. The original clinical text remains visible in the collapsible section above so users and clinicians can verify the translation. Read the full methodology for the data pipeline and known limitations.

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov API v2 record for NCT06970353. Maintained by the National Library of Medicine at NIH. Public domain. Cite as: "TrialFinderData. NCT06970353. Data: ClinicalTrials.gov."

Medical disclaimer: This page is informational, not medical advice. Talk to your doctor about whether a clinical trial is right for you.

Last updated 2026-05-08 · Data from ClinicalTrials.gov.